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Temein Languages
The Temein languages, or Nuba Hills languages, are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. Languages The Temein languages are not closely related. *Temein language, Temein (Ronge; 10,000 speakers) *Doni language, Doni (Keiga Jirru) *Tese language, Tese (Dese) Temein is the most conservative (language), conservative language; Doni and Tese have been strongly influenced by Kadu languages. Demographics Demographic information of the three Temein languages according to Blench (2013):Blench, Roger M. 2013. Introduction to the Temein languages. In Thilo C. Schadeberg and Roger M. Blench (eds.), ''Nuba Mountain Language Studies'', 485-500. Cologne: Köppe. See also *Wiktionary:Appendix:Temein word lists, Temein word lists (Wiktionary) References *Blench, Roger. 2006. Comparative Temein wordlists'. External links (Roger Blench) {{Nilo-Saharan families Temein languages, Southern Eastern Sudanic languages Languages of Sudan Language famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south. Sudan has a population of 50 million people as of 2024 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres (728,215 square miles), making it Africa's List of African countries by area, third-largest country by area and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum, secession of South Sudan in 2011; since then both titles have been held by Algeria. Sudan's capital and most populous city is Khartoum. The area that is now Sudan witnessed the Khormusan ( 40000–16000 BC), Halfan culture ( 20500–17000 BC), Sebilian ( 13000–10000 BC), Qadan culture ( 15000–5000 BC), the war of Jebel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Sudanic Languages
In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan languages, Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania. Old Nubian language, Nubian (and possibly Meroitic language, Meroitic) gives Eastern Sudanic some of the earliest written attestations of African languages. However, the largest branch by far is Nilotic languages, Nilotic, spread by extensive and comparatively recent conquests throughout East Africa. Before the spread of Nilotic, Eastern Sudanic was centered in present-day Sudan. The name "East Sudanic" refers to the eastern part of the Sudan (region), region of Sudan where the country of Sudan is located, and contrasts with Central Sudanic languages, Central Sudanic and Western Sudanic (modern Mande languages, Mande, in the Niger–Congo languages, Niger–Congo family). Lionel Bender (linguist), Lionel Bender (1980) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Eastern Sudanic Languages
The Southern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern ''n'' Sudanic, En Sudanic or Kir-Abbaian languages form one of two primary divisions of the Eastern Sudanic languages in the classification of Bender (2000). It is rejected as an established group in Starostin (2015). The Southern Eastern Sudanic languages are characterized by having an /n/ in the pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have a /k/. The best known Southern Eastern Sudanic language group, as well as the largest, is Nilotic, which includes such languages as Maasai Maasai may refer to: *Maasai people *Maasai language *Maasai mythology * MAASAI (band) See also * Masai (other) Masai may refer to: *Masai, Johor, a town in Malaysia * Masai Plateau, a plateau in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India *Maasai peopl .... Southern Eastern Sudanic roots Bender (1996) offers fifteen possible ''En'' Sudanic innovations. References * Eastern Sudanic languages Southern Eastern Sudanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temein Language
Temein, also known as ''Ron(g)e'', is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Temein people of the Nuba Hills in Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi .... ''Ronge'' is an approximation of the endonym. Stevenson reports the people are and the language ; Dimmendaal has for a person, for the people, and for the language. Temein is spoken in Farik, Kuris, Kwiye, Nekring, Tokoing, Tukur, and Tulu villages (''Ethnologue'', 22nd edition). Phonology Consonants * /p/ may have allophones of �, fwhen in word-initial position. * /s/ may have an allophone of �in word-medial intervocalic positions. * The sequence /nt/ can have an allophone of �in intervocalic positions. Vowels References Temein language(Roger Blench 2007) External links Temein basic le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doni Language
Keiga Jirru is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi .... There is no listing in ''Ethnologue'' nor Glottolog, as it was considered a dialect of the Tese language. References Temein languages(Roger Blench 2007) External links Doni basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Temein languages {{ns-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tese Language
Tese (Teisei) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi .... ''Ethnologue'' lists Keiga Jirru as an alternate name. References Temein languages(Roger Blench 2007) External links Tese basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Critically endangered languages Temein languages {{ns-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative (language)
In linguistics, a conservative form, variety, or feature of a language is one that has changed relatively little across the language's history, or which is relatively resistant to change. It is the opposite of innovative, innovating, or advanced forms, varieties, or features, which have undergone relatively larger or more recent changes. Furthermore, an ''archaic'' form is not only chronologically old (and often conservative) but also rarely used anymore in the modern language, and an ''obsolete'' form has fallen out of use altogether. An ''archaic'' language stage is chronologically old, compared to a more recent language stage, while the terms ''conservative'' and ''innovative'' typically compare contemporary forms, varieties or features. A conservative linguistic form, such as a word or sound feature, is one that remains closer to an older form from which it evolved than cognate forms from the same source. For example, the Spanish word ''caro'' /'kaɾo/ and the French word ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadu Languages
The Kadu languages, also known as Kadugli–Krongo or Tumtum, are a small language family of the Kordofanian languages, Kordofanian geographic grouping, once included in Niger–Congo. However, since Thilo C. Schadeberg, Thilo Schadeberg (1981), Kadu is widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. Evidence for a Niger-Congo affiliation is rejected, and a Nilo-Saharan relationship is controversial. A conservative classification would treat the Kadu languages as an independent family. Classification Blench (2006) notes that Kadu languages share similarities with multiple African language phyla, including Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan, suggesting a complex history of linguistic convergence and contact. However, more recently, Blench states that Kadu is almost certainly Nilo-Saharan, with its closest relationship being with Eastern Sudanic languages, Eastern Sudanic. Like the Nilotic languages, Nilotic, Surmic languages, Surmic, and Kuliak languages, Kuliak languages, Kadu languages have verb-initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilo C
Thilo is a masculine name of Germanic origin. Notable people called Thilo include: Given name: * Thilo Berg (born 1959), German drummer who led a big band in the 1980s * Thilo Bode (born 1947), the founder and International Director of Foodwatch, formerly CEO of Greenpeace * Thilo Heinzmann (born 1969), German painter * Thilo Hermann (born 1964), German heavy metal guitarist and songwriter * Thilo Irmisch (1816–1879), 19th-century German botanist *Thilo Kehrer Jan Thilo Kehrer (; born 21 September 1996) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco FC, Monaco and the Germany national football team, Germany n ... (born 1996), German professional footballer * Thilo Leugers (born 1991), German former professional footballer * Thilo Maatsch (born 1900), German artist and an exponent of abstract art, constructivism, and concrete art * Thilo Marauhn (born 1963), German expert on internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Blench
Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and works as a consultant. Career Blench is known for his wide-ranging interests and has made important contributions to African linguistics, Southeast Asian linguistics, anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnobotany, and various other related fields. He has done significant research on the Niger–Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Afroasiatic families, as well as the Arunachal languages. Additionally, Blench has published extensively on the relationship between linguistics and archaeology. Blench is currently engaged in a long-term project to document the languages of central Nigeria. He has also expressed concern about ranching in Nigeria. Blench collaborated with the late Professor Kay Williamson, who died in January 2005, and is now a trustee of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |